Jesse Jackson, an 80-year-old Chicago-born human rights activist, suffered a fall when entering the campus headquarters and hit his head, according to information from his spokesman, Frank Watkins, published by local media.
“While meeting with various administrators, including Dr. Wayne Frederick, Reverend Jackson suffered an injury while entering the Blackburn Center (campus). Our thoughts and prayers are with Reverend Jesse Jackson and his family at this time. Howard University on Twitter.
The causes that led to the fall of the activist are unknown, for the moment, who was transferred to the hospital of the same university for diagnostic tests, which included a CT scan.
Watkins said Jesse Jackson, who suffered the fall on Monday, would spend the entire night under observation at the hospital.
Recovered from COVID
Jackson, one of the best known leaders for the civil rights of African Americans in the US, was admitted last August for suffering from COVID-19, although he responded “positively” to the medical treatment that was applied to him then. At the end of 2017, he had publicly announced that he has Parkinson’s disease.
Born in 1941, Jesse Jackson ran twice in the 1980s for the presidential nomination for the Democratic Party. Last July he was decorated in Paris with the Order of the Legion of Honor, the highest French distinction, for his role in defending human rights.
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